{"id":30265,"date":"2020-06-17T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T04:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=30265"},"modified":"2020-08-31T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T19:10:31","slug":"product-review-22ple-clay-bar-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/product-review-22ple-clay-bar-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Product Review: 22PLE Clay Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was lucky enough to try this clay bar a while back when it first came out and after using it recently on a coated car I wanted to write a review since it did so well, again.\u00a0 A lot of what I say will echo Zach’s thoughts on it in his review of the 22ple clay bar<\/a>, but I’ll add a few thoughts based on my experience.<\/p>\n

22ple Ultra Soft Glass Coat Clay will help you remove lightly embedded contamination from the paint with ease! This truly unique clay is specially formulated without abrasives, allowing it to not only work well on bare paint but to work on a glass coated surface without leaving micro scratches. The incredibly malleable bar is easily shaped and with some clay lube, it will glide across the surface readily. It works great with virtually all clay lubes, so keep using your favorite one. You will notice right away this bar has the rare balance of great cleaning power but very gentle on your paint so you don’t introduce marring. 22ple recommends storing this bar in a cool area in between uses. If it is stored near heat, it will become a little tacky but you can easily fix it by placing it back in a cool area. The bar will regain its original feel and work great for you! This is a really remarkable type of clay that will impress anyone who loves car care. So take your paint to the next level with a deep cleaning from the 22ple Ultra Soft Glass Coat Clay!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The main feature of the 22ple Clay Bar<\/a> is how soft it is and won’t introduce marring to paint, especially coated paint.\u00a0 The bar comes in a nice box split into two pieces…<\/p>\n

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Upon opening the box and bag first thing you notice is how soft and malleable it is compared to other bars out there.\u00a0 Figured it was best to test this on black paint as\u00a0 it would show the most marring, so I got to work right away.\u00a0 For lube we use NanoSkin Glide<\/a> but 22ple says any good lube should work well with their clay bar.\u00a0 I sprayed liberally and went at it…<\/p>\n

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After doing a small section on some contaminated paint I wanted to inspect the clay bar and this is what I found…<\/p>\n

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It definitely collected a lot of embedded contamination and made the paint smoother.\u00a0 It also didn’t leave any noticeable marring in the paint.\u00a0 In short, it did it’s job and did it well.<\/p>\n

Normally at my shop we use Meguiar’s mild<\/a> or Claymagic fine<\/a> clay bar 99% of the time.\u00a0 For some really heavy and stubborn contamination we use the Claymagic red medium grade clay ba<\/a>r.\u00a0 As I said, the more mild blue bars do the job for us just about every time and leave mild marring depending on the paint.\u00a0 On some harder silver paint they leave no visible marring, but either way we recommend polishing after to clean up the finish and get some shine back.\u00a0 Even though we can’t see it, there’s usually marring after a clay bar and even a very quick polishing with something mild will make the paint look much better.\u00a0 When using the more aggressive red clay bar you will definitely get marring pretty much regardless of the type of paint, so I definitely recommend polishing\/paint correction after that.<\/p>\n

Main point of all that info is to compare the 22ple Clay Bar<\/a> to the usual stuff we use and see how it fits into our arsenal.\u00a0 I am rarely a fan of something that’s “in between”, such as an all-in-on polish, soap with wax, etc.\u00a0 However I think this may be the exception because this claybar does everything it says and is unique in that way.\u00a0 It can definitely pick up a lot of contamination without leaving any marring or at least much less than something like a Meg’s blue bar.\u00a0 This may not be a big deal to us shop owners who are normally polishing after any clay bar work is done.\u00a0 However, this is a great option for DIY enthusiasts who don’t want to polish their car every time they clay, especially those who have a ceramic coating on the paint.<\/p>\n

The only thing I didn’t like is that it is very soft especially when using it for a while.\u00a0 Sometimes my fingers would just dig right through it so I need to knead it a lot more often than usual.\u00a0 Colder water in the clay lube, colder temps and using the full piece (putting 2 bars together) helps a ton in this situation.\u00a0 The price is basically double that of the other clay bars I mentioned but considering it’s a specialized product not used as often I think it’s pretty fair.<\/p>\n

Overall I would highly recommend the 22ple Clay Bar<\/a> for anyone in the industry because it works very well on any paint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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